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When the principles of science are applied to everyday life, possibilities in our imagination transform. Here are some intriguing facts that will leave you amazed:
- Building a straight tunnel through the Earth and jumping into it would take only 42 minutes and 12 seconds to reach the opposite side of the world.
- The average size of a cumulus cloud is approximately equivalent to the weight of 80 elephants.
- The electricity generated by a lightning strike is enough to make 100,000 slices of toast.
- Gorillas and potatoes have only 2 more chromosomes than humans.
- Human saliva contains a natural painkiller called ‘opiorphin,’ which is more than 6 times as effective as the common painkiller morphine.
- The weight of the air in an average-sized room is approximately 45 kilograms.
- It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circulate through the entire human body.